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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 37 | Tuesday March 10, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
9 · Crossword
12 · Sports
Budding bromance: New
comedy, “I Love You, Man,”
reviewed. PAGE 5
Encouraged: Coming off series
loss to Tulane, baseball is looking
toward UC Irvine today. PAGE 12
Michael Feldman performs in “Musclebound,” a one-act performance that chronicled the experiences of three men and their
experiences with body-image issues, including steriod and supplements abuse. The show, which was performed Monday at
the Heritage Hall Auditorium, was sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender Student Assembly and USC Athletics.
Musclebound
Alejandra Vargas-Johnson | Daily Trojan
By Larissa Puro
Daily Trojan
A low participation rate — caused by website prob-lems,
organizers said — has forced an extension of the
voting period for the senior gift until March 11.
Before the new round of voting began March 4, just
24 percent of seniors had voted compared to 36 percent
last year, according to an e-mail sent to seniors. The low-er
turnout was due to difficulties with the myUSC serv-er,
wrote Kim Newstadt, assistant director for donor rela-tions
for the USC Office of Annual Giving, in an e-mail.
In response to the technical difficulties, a new website
was launched with the online voting ballot.
While some seniors reported problems with the origi-nal
website, others said they hadn’t voted either because
they weren’t aware of the process or weren’t interested in
the gift options.
“I definitely think [the voting process] could be more
efficient,” said Mary Compton, a senior majoring in ki-nesiology
who said she probably wouldn’t have voted if
not for her close involvement with Troy Camp — which
would benefit from one of the gift options. “If they real-ly
want students to vote, they have to reach out to them
more, because without sending reminders and without
really publicizing it to the students, if they aren’t explain-ing
what the gifts are, a lot of people don’t care enough
to do it.”
The senior gift advisory board, composed of 10 se-niors,
has been communicating with seniors through e-mails,
Facebook, flyers, tabling and pitching to classes
and events.
“Seniors have so much other stuff that they’re worried
New round of
voting allowed
for senior gift
Seniors have until Wednesday to vote on four gift
options; the winner will be announced Friday.
| see senior, page 3 |
By Callie Schweitzer
Daily Trojan
Pete Carroll, the man who ap-pears
to have it all, added presti-gious
award winner to his list of ac-complishments.
And this award has
nothing to do with football.
Pete Carroll received the Crystal
Heart for outstanding commu-nity
service Sunday evening at “A
Celebration of the Heart,” a schol-arship
gala recognizing outstand-ing
individuals with a deep commit-ment
to the values of the social work
profession.
Carroll, USC’s head football
coach, accepted the award in front of
a crowd of nearly 300 people in Town
and Gown.
The award, which is the School
of Social Work’s highest honor for
community service, has never been
given to someone within the univer-sity
community before, said Marlene
Wagner, the school’s associate dean
for external relations.
Carroll was selected by the
School’s Board of Councilors because
of his commitment to work with at-risk
inner-city youth in South Los
Angeles and his creation of A Better
LA, Wagner said.
“I’m absolutely humbled to be
part of this kind of talk, this kind of
conversation, this attention,” Carroll
said. “I’m humbled by this. There are
so many things that are happening
in this community right here that’s
called social work that goes so far, so
deep, that to be even associated, this
is a marvel to me.”
Carroll founded the nonprofit, A
Better LA, in 2002 with hopes to end
inner-city violence and develop a
sustainable model for creating more
peaceful communities in South Los
Angeles.
Carroll and supporters of A Better
LA — including LAPD Chief William
Bratton, L.A. County Sherriff Lee
Baca and civil rights leader Connie
Rice — work with teachers, social
workers and community members
to transform inner cities through
methods such as building commu-nity
partnerships and utilizing edu-cation
programs.
Previous award winners who
have demonstrated a commitment
to community service in the great-er
Los Angeles area include Tyne
Daly, Mavis Leno and the Feminist
Majority Foundation, and Henry
and Stacey Winkler.
Proceeds from Sunday’s ceremo-ny
will establish the Pete Carroll
Scholarship, which will be given ev-ery
year to an outstanding graduate
student pursuing a career in social
work and working with at-risk inner-city
youth.
The first ever honoree of the
Pete Carroll Scholarship was Jose
Gutierrez, a graduate student study-ing
social work, who told a sto-ry
about reaching out to a kid he
worked with through a shared inter-est
in hip-hop music.
He drew on this in his remarks
when he compared himself to
Carroll.
“Although our areas of exper-tise
differ just slightly, we have both
reached at-risk adolescents by under-standing
their language,” Gutierrez
said. “It’s simple; if you have to rap,
ain’t nothing wrong with that. If you
have to play catch, then act fast and
don’t drop the ball. Anything is pos-sible.”
Carroll receives top honor for service to L.A. community
Coach Pete Carroll is the first
Crystal Heart recipient from
within the USC community.
| see carroll, page 3 |
By Jessica Poitevien
Daily Trojan
Fourth-grader T.J. Griffin had his
eyes glued to the court Saturday as
Taj Gibson, his favorite USC basket-ball
player, dunked the ball through
the hoop.
“We’re their biggest fans,” T.J. said
about the basketball team.
T.J., who attends Vermont
Elementary School, was one of 50
students who earned free tickets to
Saturday’s game against Oregon State
through Phi Kappa Psi’s new Slam
Dunk Scholars program, which en-courages
area children to read.
For the past five weeks, members of
Phi Psi, along with a few student ath-letes,
visited the school every Friday at
8 a.m. to read to students in 20 to 30
classrooms.
“It was pretty good to see oth-er
guys, other athletes, come out and
help with the kids. It made a big im-pact,”
basketball team captain and
Children and
athletes unite
over reading
Fraternity’s new program
encourages reading by pairing
kids with their favorite athletes.
| see dunk, page 2 |
Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan
Honored · President Steven B. Sample and Kathryn Sample recognize
Pete Carroll for his work with his nonprofit, A Better LA, Sunday evening.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 37 | Tuesday March 10, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
9 · Crossword
12 · Sports
Budding bromance: New
comedy, “I Love You, Man,”
reviewed. PAGE 5
Encouraged: Coming off series
loss to Tulane, baseball is looking
toward UC Irvine today. PAGE 12
Michael Feldman performs in “Musclebound,” a one-act performance that chronicled the experiences of three men and their
experiences with body-image issues, including steriod and supplements abuse. The show, which was performed Monday at
the Heritage Hall Auditorium, was sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender Student Assembly and USC Athletics.
Musclebound
Alejandra Vargas-Johnson | Daily Trojan
By Larissa Puro
Daily Trojan
A low participation rate — caused by website prob-lems,
organizers said — has forced an extension of the
voting period for the senior gift until March 11.
Before the new round of voting began March 4, just
24 percent of seniors had voted compared to 36 percent
last year, according to an e-mail sent to seniors. The low-er
turnout was due to difficulties with the myUSC serv-er,
wrote Kim Newstadt, assistant director for donor rela-tions
for the USC Office of Annual Giving, in an e-mail.
In response to the technical difficulties, a new website
was launched with the online voting ballot.
While some seniors reported problems with the origi-nal
website, others said they hadn’t voted either because
they weren’t aware of the process or weren’t interested in
the gift options.
“I definitely think [the voting process] could be more
efficient,” said Mary Compton, a senior majoring in ki-nesiology
who said she probably wouldn’t have voted if
not for her close involvement with Troy Camp — which
would benefit from one of the gift options. “If they real-ly
want students to vote, they have to reach out to them
more, because without sending reminders and without
really publicizing it to the students, if they aren’t explain-ing
what the gifts are, a lot of people don’t care enough
to do it.”
The senior gift advisory board, composed of 10 se-niors,
has been communicating with seniors through e-mails,
Facebook, flyers, tabling and pitching to classes
and events.
“Seniors have so much other stuff that they’re worried
New round of
voting allowed
for senior gift
Seniors have until Wednesday to vote on four gift
options; the winner will be announced Friday.
| see senior, page 3 |
By Callie Schweitzer
Daily Trojan
Pete Carroll, the man who ap-pears
to have it all, added presti-gious
award winner to his list of ac-complishments.
And this award has
nothing to do with football.
Pete Carroll received the Crystal
Heart for outstanding commu-nity
service Sunday evening at “A
Celebration of the Heart,” a schol-arship
gala recognizing outstand-ing
individuals with a deep commit-ment
to the values of the social work
profession.
Carroll, USC’s head football
coach, accepted the award in front of
a crowd of nearly 300 people in Town
and Gown.
The award, which is the School
of Social Work’s highest honor for
community service, has never been
given to someone within the univer-sity
community before, said Marlene
Wagner, the school’s associate dean
for external relations.
Carroll was selected by the
School’s Board of Councilors because
of his commitment to work with at-risk
inner-city youth in South Los
Angeles and his creation of A Better
LA, Wagner said.
“I’m absolutely humbled to be
part of this kind of talk, this kind of
conversation, this attention,” Carroll
said. “I’m humbled by this. There are
so many things that are happening
in this community right here that’s
called social work that goes so far, so
deep, that to be even associated, this
is a marvel to me.”
Carroll founded the nonprofit, A
Better LA, in 2002 with hopes to end
inner-city violence and develop a
sustainable model for creating more
peaceful communities in South Los
Angeles.
Carroll and supporters of A Better
LA — including LAPD Chief William
Bratton, L.A. County Sherriff Lee
Baca and civil rights leader Connie
Rice — work with teachers, social
workers and community members
to transform inner cities through
methods such as building commu-nity
partnerships and utilizing edu-cation
programs.
Previous award winners who
have demonstrated a commitment
to community service in the great-er
Los Angeles area include Tyne
Daly, Mavis Leno and the Feminist
Majority Foundation, and Henry
and Stacey Winkler.
Proceeds from Sunday’s ceremo-ny
will establish the Pete Carroll
Scholarship, which will be given ev-ery
year to an outstanding graduate
student pursuing a career in social
work and working with at-risk inner-city
youth.
The first ever honoree of the
Pete Carroll Scholarship was Jose
Gutierrez, a graduate student study-ing
social work, who told a sto-ry
about reaching out to a kid he
worked with through a shared inter-est
in hip-hop music.
He drew on this in his remarks
when he compared himself to
Carroll.
“Although our areas of exper-tise
differ just slightly, we have both
reached at-risk adolescents by under-standing
their language,” Gutierrez
said. “It’s simple; if you have to rap,
ain’t nothing wrong with that. If you
have to play catch, then act fast and
don’t drop the ball. Anything is pos-sible.”
Carroll receives top honor for service to L.A. community
Coach Pete Carroll is the first
Crystal Heart recipient from
within the USC community.
| see carroll, page 3 |
By Jessica Poitevien
Daily Trojan
Fourth-grader T.J. Griffin had his
eyes glued to the court Saturday as
Taj Gibson, his favorite USC basket-ball
player, dunked the ball through
the hoop.
“We’re their biggest fans,” T.J. said
about the basketball team.
T.J., who attends Vermont
Elementary School, was one of 50
students who earned free tickets to
Saturday’s game against Oregon State
through Phi Kappa Psi’s new Slam
Dunk Scholars program, which en-courages
area children to read.
For the past five weeks, members of
Phi Psi, along with a few student ath-letes,
visited the school every Friday at
8 a.m. to read to students in 20 to 30
classrooms.
“It was pretty good to see oth-er
guys, other athletes, come out and
help with the kids. It made a big im-pact,”
basketball team captain and
Children and
athletes unite
over reading
Fraternity’s new program
encourages reading by pairing
kids with their favorite athletes.
| see dunk, page 2 |
Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan
Honored · President Steven B. Sample and Kathryn Sample recognize
Pete Carroll for his work with his nonprofit, A Better LA, Sunday evening.